When donald trump was elected

MSNBC’s Joy Reid tried to delegitimize the administration of President Donald Trump this weekend during her Saturday edition of MSNBC’s “AM Joy.” Democrat Beto O’Rourke (shown above left), former congressman in Texas and now a 2020 presidential candidate for the Democrat nomination, joined Reid for an interview. He said he doesn’t have “complete confidence” that the Florida voting systems weren’t breached in 2016 — and concluded that Trump’s election win in 2016 wasn’t fair. Related: It’s Official: Beto’s Making a Bid for 2020 Reid brought up some narrative about Russians potentially breaching the voting systems in two Florida counties. She asked O’Rourke, “Do you have confidence that the 2016 election was not impacted in terms of, not just the use of propaganda on American voters, but literally that the electoral systems weren’t breached and that Donald Trump was elected … [Read more...] about Beto O’Rourke Doubts Trump Was Elected Fairly in 2016

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau was set up after the Great Recession to protect consumer finances. Republicans hated it from the start, and you can hardly blame them. After all, there are two sides to everything, and if you’re protecting consumer finances you must be protecting them from something. And that something is big banks and other financial corporations. Republicans don’t like it when their CEO pals are told that they have to treat their customers fairly or risk big fines. Still, there was nothing Republicans could do about it once the CFPB was set up. Its funding comes from the Fed and its director is independent of Congress. But then Donald Trump was elected president. He couldn’t dismantle the CFPB or cut its funding, but he could install a new director who would simply decide not to bother opening any cases. So that’s what he did: Do you feel safer now? … [Read more...] about Chart of the day: Donald Trump has killed the CFPB

U.S. President Donald Trump. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images There were two significant developments in federal cannabis policy reform this week. You probably missed them and their significance, because individually, they were both relatively mundane and predictable events.Together, in the current context, they mean that President Donald Trump is going to say, probably relatively soon, what he thinks about marijuana legalization. (Or at least a close-enough approximation of what he actually thinks, if he does ponder this at all.)Subscribe to Observer’s Politics NewsletterConsidering that America’s great grease-trap president is an amoral empty shell, a dry and desolate landscape except for naked desire for the next big greasy win, there is every reason to think Trump will probably say he likes weed, or is at least OK with it.Whatever. If you like weed and you don’t like the president, and if your sense of identity is wrapped up in either, this is probably something you … [Read more...] about What to Do When Donald Trump Says He Supports Marijuana Legalization

US president Donald Trump and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have had plenty of very public spats, but their latest row is arguably their most bizarre.Hours after Hillary Clinton announced she would not be running for president in the 2020 US election, President Donald Trump posted a sarcastic tweet."'(Crooked) Hillary Clinton confirms she will not run in 2020, rules out a third bid for White House.' Aw-shucks, does that mean I won’t get to run against her again? She will be sorely missed!," he wrote, using his usual derogatory moniker for Mrs Clinton in reference to her closeness with Wall Street and her email controversy. “(Crooked) Hillary Clinton confirms she will not run in 2020, rules out a third bid for White House.” Aw-shucks, does that mean I won’t get to run against her again? She will be sorely missed!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2019 In response, Mrs Clinton, who lost the presidential race against … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton uses Mean Girls clip to hit back at Donald Trump in election row

Donald Trump’s election is U.S. Brexit moment A Brexit moment comes to America. Thank you Colin Kaepernick. Thank you Black Lives Matter. Thank you Chappaqua secret e-mail server. Thank you Jim Comey. We couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you Brexit vote for showing the way. Of course, this may just be a hiccup interrupting the progressive march toward one-world government but hopefully it will provide a moment of reflection; a moment to reconsider that U.S. sovereignty is worth maintaining; that free enterprise is the engine of economic vigor; that government does not have to be in your face 24/7. Paul Daniggelis Catholic Church ‘should inform our politics’ In an Oct. 19 commentary, Bishop Mark Seitz wrote: “… it is our responsibility to help others to see the error in their ways.” However, it is my view the Catholic Church, particularly the El Paso Diocese, has been remiss in informing parishioners on issues that are a threat to … [Read more...] about Letters: Donald Trump’s election is U.S. Brexit moment